Hetzenauer
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- Joined
- Mar 24, 2008
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Hello FOG fans,
First of all I would like to thank everyone for their kind and motivating words on our first posted project, the split table.
http://festoolownersgroup.com/index.php?topic=6084.0
Along with pictures of that particular table came the TV console sitting behind it.
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As promised I will share the building process of the TV console as detailed as possible. But not after I told you some about us. We live in the Netherlands. I am 33 years old, my girlfriend is 28 years of age (put it here without her consent...
). Oh, and we have 2 cats that love to be around when we work on a project.
Although I have been slowly collecting more and more festools since 8 years now, we started making furniture about 10 months ago. For me woodworking is just a great hobby and I consider myself a novice compared to some of you guys. My girlfriend is an interior designer by profession. Usually she comes up with an idea and together we keep adjusting until we are satisfied with the result. Before actually building we have the complete project worked out on the computer (using AutoCad). Almost every detail of the building process is documented that way. This eliminates some of the potential errors beforehand.
As some of you probably noticed in the split table project, our living room is like an extension of my tiny shop. (This is one of the main advantages having your wife participate in the project). This is my shop just to give you an impression. (Dimensions: L 12 feet, W 6 feet, H 9 feet).
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OK, enough, over to the Disc TV console project:
We started out with a few sheets of 1 inch and 3/4 inch MDF. First we ripped the plates using the ATF55 and guiderail. Then, using the MFT3 and ATF55 we crosscut all parts to final dimensions. The complete front panel was left in one piece and not cut any further until later.
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Then we made four slits in the backpanel for the wires to go through and for ventilation. I used a 35 mm Euro-hinge boring bit and the PS 200 jigsaw to do it.
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After that I made the 32mm shelf pins using a jig with the OF1010 and a 5 mm spiral bit.
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These were most of the router bits we used in this project.
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Our most used tool by far was the Domino. We used screws only for the hinges. I believe we used about 100 5x30 mm domino's.
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Here you get an idea of how things are working out. This pic shows the console lying with the front down.
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First of all I would like to thank everyone for their kind and motivating words on our first posted project, the split table.
http://festoolownersgroup.com/index.php?topic=6084.0
Along with pictures of that particular table came the TV console sitting behind it.
[attachthumb=1]
As promised I will share the building process of the TV console as detailed as possible. But not after I told you some about us. We live in the Netherlands. I am 33 years old, my girlfriend is 28 years of age (put it here without her consent...

Although I have been slowly collecting more and more festools since 8 years now, we started making furniture about 10 months ago. For me woodworking is just a great hobby and I consider myself a novice compared to some of you guys. My girlfriend is an interior designer by profession. Usually she comes up with an idea and together we keep adjusting until we are satisfied with the result. Before actually building we have the complete project worked out on the computer (using AutoCad). Almost every detail of the building process is documented that way. This eliminates some of the potential errors beforehand.
As some of you probably noticed in the split table project, our living room is like an extension of my tiny shop. (This is one of the main advantages having your wife participate in the project). This is my shop just to give you an impression. (Dimensions: L 12 feet, W 6 feet, H 9 feet).
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OK, enough, over to the Disc TV console project:
We started out with a few sheets of 1 inch and 3/4 inch MDF. First we ripped the plates using the ATF55 and guiderail. Then, using the MFT3 and ATF55 we crosscut all parts to final dimensions. The complete front panel was left in one piece and not cut any further until later.
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Then we made four slits in the backpanel for the wires to go through and for ventilation. I used a 35 mm Euro-hinge boring bit and the PS 200 jigsaw to do it.
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After that I made the 32mm shelf pins using a jig with the OF1010 and a 5 mm spiral bit.
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These were most of the router bits we used in this project.
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Our most used tool by far was the Domino. We used screws only for the hinges. I believe we used about 100 5x30 mm domino's.
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Here you get an idea of how things are working out. This pic shows the console lying with the front down.
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